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A Navajo Love story by Jon Shirota
The recent cover of a Navajo girl on horseback depicts the quiet bucolic life in the reservation. It suggests loneliness and searching of adventure away from the immediate surroundings. And that's what Andrea Begayee is doing, dreaming of a better life but not abandoning her present life. Yes, the photo tells an intimate story. A story of riding out into the future and hoping the future will unfold limitless opportunities. A wise old Indian teacher once said, "The ladder leads to opportunities. Take it."
Reading is learning. Learning is an adventure. An adventure is an invitation that opens up a door to a new horizon. Sometimes, It is a shocking revelation. This, then, is such a story.
A young couple meet and they have no intention of getting to know each other. Despite their vast differences in race, religion and beliefs they are helplessly pulled together. Would they have continued their friendly relationship had they known that love does not conquer all, and that the past of one of them will eventually destroy their life?
Andrea Begayee, an attractive part-Navajo girl, is about to venture out to college life. She hasn't decided what college to attend until she meets Mark Kimball, a Mormon missionary. Who convinces her to attend Brigham Young University.
College life leads to romance, then marriage, despite the vehement objection of Mark's wealthy parents.
Andrea is shocked that Mark is the heir to a huge estate. Even more shocking is that he had hidden his real reason to become a missionary in the Navajo reservation. Will the revelation destroy their marriage?
The ending tells all!
About the author
Jon Hiroshi Shirota was born on Maui, Hawaii. After serving two years in the U.S. Army, he graduated from Brigham Young University and became an Internal Revenue Agent. He quit his job when he was invited to the Handy Writers Colony in Marshall, Illinois (From Here To Eternity fame) where he finished his first novel Lucky Come Hawaii. Jon also authored The Chronicles of Ojii-Chan and A Navajo Love Story.Jon is the recipient of several awards: The John F. Kennedy Center Award; The Rockefeller Center Award; The American College Theater Festival for New Plays; The Best Stage Scenes of 1992 by Smith and Kraus Books; and a grant by the Japan/USA Friendship Commission and the National Endowment for the Arts to spend six months in Okinawa doing research of its immigrants to the United States.
